A brown bear attacked a group of campers, eating one and forcing the others to flee barefoot.....

[marmar]

A brown bear attacked a group of campers, eating one and forcing the others to flee barefoot into the mountains


As a group of hikers on a camping trip unpacked their belongings, one was attacked and killed by a brown bear in Russia.

The group was hiking in the popular Ergaki national park in southern central Russia when the tragedy occurred on July 27.

Krasnoyarsk regional news service reports that the men scaled a wall of rocks once they saw the "drooling" bear - but one man, Yevenggny Starkov, 42, lagged behind.

One of the survivors told the local news that they watched their friend get devoured before fleeing further into the forest after the bear caught sight of them. ...........(more)

https://news.yahoo.com/brown-bear-attacked-group-campers-085357536.html

[Nexus2]

1. I guess it was hungrier than your average bear. [nt]

[2naSalit]

2. Yikes!

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Proof that the old adage is true

You don’t have to outrun the bear - just outrun at least one in your party.

[LisaL]

8. It sure is true.

NT

[MFM008]

4. ok

so you dont have a gun to take into the woods but cant you get a can of freaking bear spray???!!!!!

[onethatcares]

5. at least wear shoes.

when climbing cliffs.

[Worried2020]

6. I had to run out of my burning home NAKED

.

once - never mind no shoes, into 2 feet of snow at -20C.

Sometimes one has to just go straight into flight mode unprepared

W

[LisaL]

7. As the saying goes, you don't have to outrun the bear.

NT